Phoenix Telyn Gwndal has finall accepted the Majik that's her birthright. But when her mission to finish her father's quest sends her into the beleaguered Borderlands, she's about to discover Fate has quite different plans from the ones she's made — and they involve a man she's already promised herself never to love, and a proud people she can't turn her back on. Can Telyn escape Destiny's designs with her heart still intact?